Articles
Indefinite article is placed before the noun.........en
Definite article is attached by hyphen to the end of the noun
To nouns ending in a consonant add -la.
latab = table
en latab = a table
latab la = the table
latab yè = the tables

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Nouns
Nouns have no gender

Plurals
for plural hyphenate the plural article yè to the end of the noun.
bèf = cow
bèf yè = (the) cows

Possession
Cajun doesn't use 's to show possession, nor does it use "of". To express possession or "of the", you place the thing possessed in front of the possessor.
chom Jean. Jean's room.
chwal nom la. the man's horse. / the horse of the man

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Pronouns
There is only one form of the pronoun. Any change is caused for liaison and not for case.

singular plural
1st m' / mo nous
2nd t'/to ' / vous
3rd l / li y / yè

When the pronoun precedes a verb, it is the subject.
When it follows a verb, it is the direct object.
When two pronouns follow a verb, the first is the indirect object and the second is the direct object.
When the pronoun precedes a noun, it is the possessive adjective.
For the subject of a verb, you usually use the abbreviated form.
For the subject of an adjective or linking verb, use the full form.
For the object of the verb, hyphenate the full form to the end of the verb. For mo use mwen.br>
Possessive Pronouns
motchen mine noutchen ours
totchen yours voutchen you (pl)
sotchen his, hers, its yètchen theirs

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Demonstratives
To use the demonstrative as an adjective, hyphenate it to the noun.
To use the demonstrative as an pronoun with the meaning this one",etc., you the demonstrative alone.

for "that" add la to the noun
for "this" add sila
for "those" add yè
for "these" add silayè

The base verb is used as infinitive, as imperative, as simple present and simple past with time being learned from context. Other tenses are made by adding verbal particles.

For "to be" use se between nouns in present, use t_ for past tense, sa for future, and sé for conditional..

Go here to see the complete conjugation of a Louisiana Creole verb.There should be no irregular verbs.

To Be
The linking verbs se / yè connects two nouns in a "to be" statement. Se is not needed if there is a noun and an adjective. Yè is used for emphasis. See below for details.

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Types of Sentences.
A. To be sentences with a noun and verbal adjective.
Mo la. = I am tired.
Yè en marchè. = They are at the market.

In this sentence, you may still use the verb particles even though the verb is understood (or missing).

B. To be sentences with sè.
Use se if
1. predicate is a noun (it is a ...)
John se en jadinye. = John is a gardener.

2. subject is ki sa (that)
Ki sa se bon. = That is good.

3. predicate is non-inherent adjective/noun
4. emphatic statements with yè
Se kreyol mo yè. = I am Cajun
move predicate to second position with subject in third and add yè

C. To be sentence without the subject noun.
Se en lameson. = It's a house.

D. Transitive sentences.
These follow the "subject - verb - indirect object - direct object" format.
Vou a wa en gro bato. = You will see a big boat.
Li mont nom yè liv la. = She showed the men the book.( or the book to the children).
Li mont yè liv la.= He showed them the book.
Li mont yè li. = He showed it to them.

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Questions?
To make a question without the use of question words, raise your tone at the end of the sentence as in English.

Vou pele Paul. = Your name is Paul.
Vou pele Pal? = Is your name Paul?
Here are the question words.
ki who
ou where
ki sa, ki what
konmyen how much
ke which, who
kofè why